Question

pick out the participle from the sentence and use it in your own sentence example "The hermit was sowing seeds in the beds"

Answer 1

"sowing"
1st form + ing. (if used as verb) is called "present participle".
1st form + ing. (if used as noun is called "gerund".
Example ::
1. I am cooking rice. (present participle)
2. Cooking is my hobby. (gerund)